Guard Lashay Page will transfer from Southern Mississippi to South Carolina, where he hopes to play right away, SCNow.com reports.

Page, a native of South Carolina, averaged 9.2 points and 2.8 rebounds per game over his two seasons with the Golden Eagles.

“It's great being an in-state kid to have the opportunity to come back and have my family see me play,” Page said. “I’m also thrilled about having the opportunity to play for Frank Martin and turning the South Carolina program around.”

Page plans to graduate from Southern Miss this summer, but the SEC recently enacted a rule against one-year transfer graduate students. That means Page would have to sit out a year unless the league grants him a hardship waiver.

Page's mother died in February and he has a five-year-old daughter who lives in Marion, S.C.

The Gamecocks could use the help this season considering they lost three of its top four scorers. Malik Cooke graduated while Anthony Gill and Damontre Harris decided to transfer.